Righteous Roles On Example
Ignored, King
Righteous Roles on example ignored Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for sixteen years. Jerushah his mother was the daughter of Zadok.
Jotham obeyed the Lord and did right. He followed the example of his father Uzziah, except he never burned incense in the temple as his father had done. But the people of Judah kept sinning against the Lord.
Righteous roles.
Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple and did a lot of work to repair the wall near Mount Ophel.
He built towns
in the mountains of Judah and built fortresses and defense towers in the forests.
During his rule he attacked and defeated the Ammonites. Then every year for the next three years, he forced them to pay four tons of silver, sixty thousand bushels of wheat, and sixty thousand bushels of barley. Jotham remained faithful to the Lord his God and became a very powerful king. Righteous roles
Everything else Jotham did while he was king, including the wars he fought, is written in
The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah
.
After he had ruled Judah sixteen years, he died at the age of forty-one. He was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Ahaz became king. 2 Chronicles 27:1-9
Roles Backslidden
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